>Date: Fri, 07 Jan 94 11:26:17 EST >From: pflagntl@aol.com >Subject: PFLAG CDC letters Copies were also sent to: Jocelyn Elders and James Curran PFLAG: Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays Celebrating Real Family Values January 5, 1994 Donna Shalala Secretary of Health & Human Services 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC 20201 Dear Secretary Shalala: On behalf of PFLAG and its 24,000 members, I would like to thank you for your leadership and commitment to the new AIDS awareness campaign. As families and friends, some of whom are caring for loved ones with AIDS, we know the importance of getting this message out, especially to young people. We hope this is just the beginning of a broad-based campaign of education and prevention. We appreciate your recognition of AIDS as a national health concern, particularly for teens and young adults. Sincerely, Mitzi Henderson President PFLAG: PARENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS 1012 14th Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005 (202)-638-4200 Fax: (202)-638-0243 E-mail: PFLAGNTL@AOL.COM **************************************************** Letters were sent to all four networks P-FLAG: Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays Celebrating Real Family Values January 5, 1994 Network President American Broadcast Corporation 77 West 66 Street New York, New York 10023 Dear Mr. Burke: On behalf of PFLAG and its 24,000 members, I would like to thank you for your leadership in accepting the new AIDS awareness public service announcements from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. As families and friends, some of whom are caring for loved ones with AIDS, we know the importance of getting this message out, especially to young people. It is our hope that ABC will run the PSAs, unedited, in the afternoon and early evening, when the largest number of viewers, especially young people, will see them. We hope that you will urge your local affiliates of radio and television to broadcast the PSAs at optimum times as well. We commend you on your leadership in helping to educate the American viewer on the facts about the transmission and prevention of AIDS, one of our most serious health care concerns. We look forward to seeing and hearing the PSAs across the nation. Sincerely, Mitzi Henderson President P-FLAG: PARENTS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS 1012 14th Street, NW Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005 (202)-638-4200 Fax: (202)-638-0243 E-mail: PFLAGNTL@AOL.COM